More cooling power for my pc - any advice pls..

[doddze]

I am starting to get intomy PC a lot more recently and I am using to run bigger programmes..... One issue I am getting is with the side panel on my tower the fan is seeming to need to keep surging to keep everything cool...(the one of the CPU heat sump. If I remove the side panel all is fine again which implies lack of air flow. All the fans are working ie the in fan and the out fan and the CPU fan... Can you get ventilated side panels? or can you get more efficient fans...

My system is an ACER T130...

AMD athlon 64 3200+ processor... system does what I need but just seems to be getting warm and I don't like leaving the side panel off in the case the dog wanders in and sticks her nose in it... or even worse one of the children!!

thanks

[doddze]

FunkyNige said:

Drill a big (120mm) hole in side panel. Put sodding big fan there. Job done. I've experimented with fans in the front, back and top, the only place that really makes that much difference to the CPU temperature is the side one.

Next dumb question then..... power supply for this fan will come from?

Do you mean replace the inflow fan the back with a big one in the side and use the back fan power feed?